Shloka 1
त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः
Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya
ऑफ क्राछ पज्चविशो< ध्याय: है ६ और उलूकका युद्ध, युयुत्सुका पलायन, शतानीक धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र श्र॒वकर्माका तथा सुतसोम और शकुनिका घोर युद्ध एवं शकुनिद्वारा पाण्डव-सेनाका विनाश संजय उवाच युयुत्सुं तव पुत्रस्य द्रावयन्तं बल॑ महत् | उलूको न्यपतत्तूर्ण तिष्ठ तिछेति चाब्रवीत्,संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! दूसरी ओर युयुत्सु आपके पुत्रकी विशाल सेनाको खदेड़ रहा था। यह देख उलूक तुरंत वहाँ आ धमका और युयुत्सुसे बोला--“अरे! खड़ा रह, खड़ा रह”
sañjaya uvāca | yuyutsuṁ tava putrasya drāvayantaṁ balaṁ mahat | ulūko nyapatat tūrṇaṁ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, on the other side Yuyutsu was driving back the great host of your sons. Seeing this, Ulūka swiftly rushed there and cried out to Yuyutsu, ‘Stand! Stand!’”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid mass warfare, individual agency and allegiance matter: Yuyutsu’s effectiveness against his own side highlights the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension between birth-based loyalty and chosen dharma, while Ulūka’s command ‘Stand!’ frames the kṣatriya expectation of facing a challenger rather than relying on numbers.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yuyutsu is pushing back the Kaurava forces. Ulūka quickly arrives to confront him directly and challenges him to stop and fight.